(1) PLEASE SIGN TWO Avaaz PETITIONS: “CALL FIFA TO BAN ISRAEL” and “FIFA: GIVE ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS THE RED CARD” (2) READ OUR IMPORTANT FACT SHEET: Palestine, Israel and the beautiful game 2015 (open this post to use the link) (3) JOIN IN LEAFLETING AND DEMONSTRATIONS AT MATCHES PETITIONS. Our general call to FIFA to suspend Israel’s membership of FIFA until …

As reported in our 31 March 2018 post, young Palestinian footballer Mohammed Khalil was was shot by an Israeli sniper in the legs and knee at the first Great March of Return, ending his promising football career and requiring knee-replacement surgery. Now, In a video message, Mohammed Khalil makes a powerful appeal to the Argentinian national football …

An Israeli youth team played today in the first match of a UEFA mini-tournament in Chesterfield’s smart new stadium against England. There was a good gate for such an event – about 3,000. A scout from FC Porto attended, and perhaps others from other European clubs did too. England won 2-1, with each side scoring a penalty. …

The Nation carried the following article by David Zirin on the Palestinian call for Adidas to withdraw from sponsoring the Israeli FA and its national team – see the letter on 30 March 2018. Palestinians march in the Gaza strip to commemorate Land Day, March 30, 2018. (Majdi Fathi / NurPhoto / Sipa USA) (Sipa via AP …

In another example of Israeli forces using Palestinians for target practice footballer Mohammed Khalil was shot in the knee at the demonstration close to the Gazan border. As his friend Mohammed Kareem said “That racist terrorist bullet put an end to his football career”. Mohammed Khalil played for Al-Salah FC. See the video in the report …

Sign here! https://bdsmovement.net/adidas. Top sports brand Adidas claims to take human rights seriously. Yet it is a major sponsor of the Israel Football Association (IFA), which is implicated in human rights violations against the Palestinian people. The IFA allows football clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements to participate in its leagues and competitions. Hundreds of Palestinian children have had their schools demolished, and sewage from …

Text of the letter sent to FIFA Council members ON 6 March 2018: RED CARD ISRAELI RACISM PO Box BM PSA, London WC1N 3XX; http://rcir.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/RedCardIR/ 15 -16 March 2018 FIFA Council meeting Palestinian football This letter is being sent to all FIFA Council members. We are concerned about the continued repression of Palestinian football by Israel …

Sixteen year old Abu Naim was on his way to football practice after school when he was met by a group of youths retreating from Israeli troops after a demonstration. He briefly joined in and threw a stone at a jeep but didn’t get away quickly enough. A single shot to the forehead killed him. He …

There are similarities between what the Israeli FA and FIFA say now and what the Football Association of South Africa (FASA) and FIFA said over fifty years ago when FASA was excluded (suspended and excluded) for twenty eight years. This is a summary of what happened then in South Africa. The struggle to throw FASA out of FIFA …